Toy gun



Nv P. WHITTELSEY.

TOY GUN.

No. 48,754. Patented July 11, 1865.

barrel I) within M It is a cork, which is inserted into the muz-' UNIT-ED STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

TOY UN- Specificationforming part of Letters Patent No. 48,754, dated July 11, 1865.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, NEWTON P. WHITTEL- SEY, of VVe'st Meriden, county of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, have invented certain newand uset'nllmprovementsin Toy Guns;

and I do hereby declare that the same is de-' scribed and represented in the following specification and drawings; .and'to enable others skilled in the art to make and-use the same, I

will proceed to describe its construction by referring to the accompanying drawing, which represents a vertical longitudinal section of my invention.

The -nature of this improvement will be un derstood from the specificationadrawing,..

theobject of which is to att'ordhmdgreatest amount of satisfaction and enjoyment to children in the form ot'a toy gun.

The accompanying drawing is a sectional side elevation.

at is the stock. b is the barrel. I

c is an expansion-spring located inside and at the rear end of the barrel.

d is a contracting-rod.

= 6 represents a hammer, which is secured by and oscillates on a pin, 1, between the two parts of the stock.

9 is the trigger, also secured between the two-part stock by a pin, 2'.

held in place back of the Mg h is a spring, gerby means of a depression formed inside of the stock, and for the purpose of holding the trigger forward ready for action.

v'iis a ferrule, which serves to firmly hold the the outer ends of the stock a.

zle ot' the gun after it (the gun) is cooked, so that when the trigger is pulled it willbe thrown out with areport by the compression of the air within the barrel, caused by the spring 0' torcin g forward the air-tight piston-head o.

The stock a is made in two parts of thin metal, and of the desired shape, and tastefully embossed. Each half of said stock is made at the outer end of half-circular form, and has depressions t to receive the enlargement of the' end of the barrel, and to prevent its working loose. Also, it has a boss, n, with half-circular depression therein for the rod d to play through, and for one end of the spring 0 to take its bearing against. The rod d has a head, 0, air-tigh t, or nearly so, secured upon the outer end, to fill and play easily in the barrel b. The inner end "of this rod is made in the form of a loop or hook, 'r, and works upon theshank of the hammere. The hammer is made of such shape (see c) as to act as an inclined plane for the loop or hook r (of the rod d) to work or slide upon when the-hammer is being drawn back or cooked. The lower end of said hammer is made of such shape as that it will be caught andheld by the upper end of the trigger when drawn back or cooked. in readiness to be discharged in the usual way by pulling the trigger. By this arrangement I am enabled to pro duce a, toy gun of cheap construction, attractive and desirable in appearance, and capable of being used either for throwing torpedoes or for inaking a report, and at the same time it is a durable and .useful article as a toy gun.

I believe I have thus 'shown the nature, construction, and operation of this improvement so as as to enable others. skilled in the-art to make and use the same.

WhatI claim,-thereforc, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the barrel b, enlarged .at its inner end, arranged within the stock a,

having the depression t, with the ferrule 2', substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. As an improved article of manufacture of a toy gun, the combination of the stock a,,bnrrel 1), spring 0, rod and hammer d c, with the ferrule 0', arranged and operating substantially as described.

NEWTON P. WHITTE LSEY. Witnesses:

HENRY ,WILLIAMS, J EREMT W. Buss. 

